行方不明

Japanese
Kanji in this term
行 方 不 明
ゆ(く)
Grade: 2		 え
Grade: 2		 ふ
Grade: 4		 めい
Grade: 2

Etymology

行 (ゆく)方 (え) (yukue, “(one's) whereabouts”) + 不 (ふ)明 (めい) (fumei, “unknown”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ゆくえふ​めー [yùkúé fúꜜmèè] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝe̞ ɸɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Noun

行方不明 (hiragana ゆくえふめい, rōmaji yukue fumei, historical hiragana ゆくへふめい)

  1. whereabouts unknown; unaccounted for; missing; lost

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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